It may not be the last time that 9-1-1 The fans see the captain of beloved fire from 118 after all.

Warning: This message includes spoilers for 9-1-1 Season 8, episode 15.

In an interview Variety Posted after Thursday April 17, episode broadcast on ABC, showrunner TIM Minear tease Peter Krause will appear in future episodes.

“I would say that episode 15 is not the last appearance of Peter Krause this season,” joked Minear, 61.

Krause, 59, played the captain of the late Bobby Nash during the eight seasons of 9-1-1. In Thursday’s episode – a two -part thriller on a contagion – Bobby is dead at the end of the episode. Throughout the majority of the episode, Bobby and his team of Chimney firefighters (Kenneth Choi), Chicken (Aisha Hinds) and delighted (Anirudh Pisharody) were trapped in an underground biomedical installation after the fireplace was exposed to a deadly pathogen. Outside the laboratory, Buck (Oliver Stark), Athena (Angela Bassett) and Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) has sought a way to obtain a single dose of an antiviral to save the life of Chimney.

The antiviral finally secure, Bobby pleaded with the FBI and Swat agents parked outside to help his team safely leave the installation of seals. However, he did not follow suit and revealed that his equipment had a leak, exhibiting it to the virus.

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9-1-1 The Showrunner Tim Minear explains why a major character was killed in the last episode. Warning: spoilers below for season 8, episode 15, from 9-1-1. On Thursday, April 17, the episode of 9-1-1 saw the death of the beloved character Captain Bobby Nash, played by Peter Krause. Krause was part of the entire program […]

According to Minear, the decision to kill Bobby was “entirely creative” and had nothing to do with Krause SE.

“”[It was] A very difficult creative decision because there is practically no one that I like on this land more than Peter, “said Minear at the point of sale.” I think it had to be Bobby for many reasons. The first reason is that it made sense. It did not seem arbitrary, because if you follow the tragic arc of his character, where he started and how he came to Los Angeles in search of atonement, it just has a tragic sense for his character in a way that it would not be for another character. “”

Minear also stressed that Bobby’s death would affect “the story of each character in a way that no other character would”.

Bobby’s wife Athena was particularly moving in Thursday’s episode because she said goodbye on the other side of the establishment’s door.

“Angela was shocked. She was like” Are you going to kill my husband?! “”, Remembers Minear Variety From the initial reaction of Bassett to the script. “And I say to myself:” And it will create a lot of history for you. “”

9-1-1 Return to ABC in two weeks with a promotional trailer teasing Bobby’s funeral.